Chess.com reaches 200 million members
Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million…
Blue Jays’ Bassitt ‘playing high-level chess’ during strong run
HOUSTON — In between innings of Chris Bassitt’s starts, as the right-handed veteran is pacing up and down the dugout, stretching out his neck, shooting that thousand-yard stare towards the…
The Alien’s Gambit: Spurs’ Wembanyama shows off chess skills in New York
Just when you thought Victor Wembanyama’s ceiling was too high, the otherworldly phenom found another way to raise it, this time showing off his ability to think, rather than just…
Google Gemini’s Imagen 3 lets players design their own chess pieces
Google Labs, the experimental arm of the tech giant, has introduced a new online project that offers an entertaining variation of the game of chess. The web experiment is named…
A company building Wordle for chess raises money from a16z Speedrun, Mark Pincus and Eric Wu
Echo Chunk, a company that is building Wordle-styled daily chess puzzle game Echo Chess, has raised $1.4 million in pre-seed from a16z Speedrun (Andreessen Horowitz’s early stage games accelerator), founder…
“Can’t Believe Bud Moved Up”: Fans in Frenzy After Resurfaced Image of Terence Crawford vs. Oleksandr Usyk Chess Match Makes Rounds Online
Boxing icons Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk, have never faced each other inside the squared circle. However, a game of chess brought the two legends face to face with each…